PBS Bill can save patients as much as $21 per script
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New reforms to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) being considered by the Senate will reduce by as much as $21 the prices patients pay for many prescription medicines, Medicines Australia chairman, Will Delaat, told the National Press Club.
A Senate Committee report on the legislation, says it would also deliver the Government $1.86 billion in PBS savings.
Mr Delaat said that the benefit for consumers is that those savings will reduce the prices patients pay for many off-patent medicines by as much as $21 per script, per month and it will ensure that Australians pay less for hundreds of commonly used medicines to treat high blood pressure, asthma, depression, cholesterol, arthritis and other conditions.
